Charity and Volunteering

• Promote the government’s social policies to support sustainable social and economic development in Russia and the regions where the Gazprom Group operates;
• contribute to addressing some of the most pressing social issues, thus enhancing public stability;
• foster a favorable environment for the Gazprom Group’s core operations and build a positive public image.

The Gazprom Group entities decide whether to take part in projects based on the importance of such projects for local communities, as well as their relevance and potential positive impact on local development or improvement of living standards.

The Gazprom Group makes every effort to provide children and teenagers in Russian regions with opportunities for harmonious intellectual, spiritual, and physical development. To achieve this goal, PJSC Gazprom has been running Gazprom for Children, the Gazprom Group’s largest social project, since 2007. This project aims to promote sports and a healthy lifestyle, and boasts unprecedented scale covering 74 out of 89 Russian regions across all federal districts.

By creating sports infrastructure and building coaching competences, the Gazprom Group raises awareness about sports and makes them more accessible. Over the lifetime of the project, hundreds of thousands of children and teenagers have been provided with an opportunity to do sports at multifunctional and specialized sports facilities, visit modern pools and ice rinks, and take part in competitions at new stadiums and playgrounds. Sports facilities have been put in place in both major cities with long-standing sporting traditions and remote sparsely populated areas that previously lacked adequate physical education infrastructure.

Among other things, these new sports spaces are designed to meet the needs of children and teenagers with limited mobility, to foster affection for sports and to raise awareness about the importance of physical education for an exciting and fulfilling life, thus laying the foundation for future sporting achievements.

In the Gazprom for Children project, PJSC Gazprom is guided by the principles of social partnership. The concept of the structure slated for construction is determined in collaboration with local authorities and takes into account the need of each location for sports facilities, as well as the type and level of planned competitions.

PJSC Gazprom respects the interests of all project stakeholders, while also monitoring compliance with relevant agreements and commitments by all parties involved. The Gazprom for Children project draws extensive support from regional administrations, local authorities, and government bodies, and is funded by PJSC Gazprom as part of its charitable activities.

As the project is implemented in localities of different sizes, from small settlements to large cities, healthy living has now become accessible to all generations. More than 265 thousand children can engage in different types of sports daily at sports facilities built over the project lifetime.

The Gazprom for Children facilities are equipped to the highest standards. Thanks to their design solutions, these facilities are ideal for hosting local, nationwide, and international competitions, which gives a boost to the regional economy.

Advanced sports infrastructure makes cities more attractive and comfortable, preventing migration of younger generations to large cities.

In 2023, a total of 116 facilities were commissioned in the Central, North-Western, Southern, North Caucasian, Volga, Siberian, and Far Eastern Federal Districts:

• construction of 86 multifunctional sports grounds and 11 school stadiums;
• creation of 9 sports and fitness complexes accessible to children with limited mobility;
• refurbishment, upgrade, and reconstruction of 9 sports facilities and 1 cultural facility.

Such large-scale infrastructure projects require a significant number of human resources. By building sports complexes and stadiums, PJSC Gazprom creates new jobs at both construction and post-commissioning stages. The Gazprom for Children project provides employment opportunities for a wide range of professionals, from builders and engineers to the sports facilities’ instructors, coaches, and maintenance personnel.

In the reporting year, the Gazprom Group continued its strategic and practical efforts to bring about improvements in cities, towns, and villages and develop urban infrastructure. For example, PJSC Gazprom contributed to proposals on the development of cities in the Russian Far East and implementation of the Siberian Federal District’s 2035 Social and Economic Development Strategy. Subsidiaries continue to provide ongoing assistance to local administrations in preserving cultural heritage sites, monuments, and memorials, and cleaning streets, roads, and territories around social establishments from garbage and snow.

• Permgaztechnologia supported a project to erect gas lanterns and a park sculpture of Professor Sobolevsky in Perm's downtown to mark the city’s 300th anniversary and raise awareness about historical heritage.
• Vostokgazprom supported a project to landscape the embankment of the Ob River (including a garden square) in the village of Kargasok (Kargasok District, Tomsk Region). Now, the village has a new public space for cultural events with a total area of 3,200 m².
• In 2023, PJSC Gazprom continued design and survey efforts in the settlement of Zhigalovo (Irkutsk Region) to construct two residential buildings for social purposes as required by the comprehensive development and improvement project at the Kovyktinskoye field.

PJSC Gazprom attaches great importance to cultural education for people of all generations. The Gazprom Group entities also support artists (musicians, actors, painters, including young talents) by offering them an opportunity to participate in exhibitions and tours and to demonstrate their artistic achievements to people around the country.

• On an annual basis, Gazprom Dobycha Irkutsk provides assistance to the Breath of Baikal international opera music festival held in Irkutsk since 2011. The festival’s guests include music stars from Mongolia, as well as Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, and Irkutsk. The event also hosts a qualifying round for one of the most famous and prestigious international vocal contests – Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition for opera singers. The festival aims to stimulate the creativity of young performers in the Irkutsk Region by offering master classes by renowned vocalists and teachers.
• In August 2023, Gazprom Transgaz Moscow provided support to the 2nd iteration of the Ornamental Thread international visual arts festival held in Ryazan. The festival program included an immersive exhibition, a theater play premiere, creative activities for children and youth, shows, concerts, and workshops.
• Gazprom Transgaz Samara organized a tour of the Samara Art Theater across rural areas and small towns of the Samara, Ulyanovsk, and Orenburg Regions, with actors presenting children's plays and productions for adults based on the stories of Vasily Shukshin. The event drew a total audience of over 9 thousand people.
• Sakhalin Energy fosters a social and cultural life in the Sakhalin Region. Since 2021, the company has been running the Sakhalin II project in collaboration with artists, art curators, and cultural institutions with reliance on the support provided by the regional government. The project aims to bring together artists and develop the local art community. As part of the project, in 2023 Sakhalin Regional Art Museum hosted the Power of Energies exhibition featuring works by more than 30 art figures, including painters, musicians, choreographers, and dancers.  Later on, the works were exhibited in Moscow.
• In 2023, Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat sponsored events held to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the city of Salavat. The city's park of culture and recreation hosted performances by professional and amateur artists, as well as the National Symphony Orchestra.

Contributing to the development of educational institutions and rendering support to educational events and initiatives are important aspects of PJSC Gazprom's charitable activities. The Gazprom Group entities help schools and kindergartens create modern learning spaces, while also providing innovators with opportunities to bring their unique projects into life. 

• In the Year of Teachers and Mentors, Gazprom Dobycha Orenburg provided financial support to the Classwork competition held among schools of the Orenburg Region to unlock the creative potential of educators, promote patriotism, and increase children's awareness about the gas industry and blue-collar jobs.
• In 2023, Gazprom Nedra developed children's playgrounds and sports facilities in two kindergartens of Ust-Uda (Irkutsk Region) and provided financing for the purchase of equipment for the local sports school.
• In the Amur Region, Gazprom Pererabotka Blagoveshchensk contributes to improvements in the educational environment for children. In 2023, the company financed refurbishment of a sports hall and a library, purchases of equipment for local schools and an orphanage, and equipment replacement at the Amur Technical College. Furthermore, the company helped organize additional training at the center of inclusive education, with a Dedicated Camp Shift and a media center launched, and the Sensor Garden psychotherapeutic space opened at a specialized corrective orphanage to facilitate the adaptation and rehabilitation of children with special needs.
• PJSC Gazprom supported the construction of a secondary school for 520 students in the settlement of Zhigalovo as part of the comprehensive development and improvement project at the Kovyktinskoye field.
• Gazprom Pererabotka supported universities from five regions (Kazan, Tyumen, Moscow, Ufa, and Astrakhan) by financing the renovation of classrooms, purchases of equipment for the Oil and Gas Chemical Technology Department of the Astrakhan State Technical University, and educational programs under the Chief Process Engineer School project.
• In 2023, PJSC Gazprom financed the publication of a two-volume collection “300 Years of the Russian Academy of Sciences” to mark the Decade of Science and Technology in Russia and the 300th anniversary of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The book's print run amounted to 10,530 sets.

By preserving historical monuments, the spiritual and cultural heritage of Russia's multiethnic and multiconfessional community, and fostering historical memory, knowledge, and respect for the spiritual feats of our ancestors, the Gazprom Group contributes to strengthening the nation's value priorities and sense of unity with the country, its rich history, and culture.

• PJSC Gazprom financed restoration of the historical interior of the Church of Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in St. Petersburg’s Twelve Colleges building to mark the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg State University.
• Gazprom Mezhregiongaz financed the design, construction, and installation works for the technical upgrade of a boiler room to provide heating and create comfortable conditions for monks, pilgrims, and tourists at the Sanaksar Monastery of the Nativity of the Mother of God where the relics of St. Fyodor Ushakov, a holy righteous warrior, are kept. The project aims to develop the Arzamas–Diveyevo–Sarov pilgrimage and tourist cluster in the Republic of Mordovia.

The Gazprom Group entities help residents in the regions of operation maintain and strengthen their health by prioritizing healthcare programs and initiatives.

• PJSC Gazprom supports the projects of Dmitry Rogachev National Research Center of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Immunology as part of financing innovative clinical research for the effective treatment of children. In 2023, PJSC Gazprom purchased a unique confocal scanning microscope enabling scientists to monitor previously unknown processes in healthy and pathological cells in order to improve diagnostics and treatment going forward. The device’s state-of-the-art optical system allows imaging fixed and live cells with the highest possible resolution.
• Severneftegazprom supported projects of the Yamine Charity Foundation for the treatment and rehabilitation of severely ill children and children with disabilities in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area.

The Gazprom Group entities focus on creating sports infrastructure across regions of operations, providing funding to sports clubs, and holding memorable events.

• In 20203, PJSC Gazprom provided sponsorship assistance to the North Palmyra Trophies international team tennis tournament, which aims to support Russian athletes and overcome the international isolation of Russian sports (in addition to Russian tennis players, participants included sportsmen from Serbia, Bulgaria, France, Spain, etc.).
• Gazprom Transgaz Ufa supports sports and promotes volleyball in the Republic of Bashkortostan. The company sponsors a ski marathon and a volleyball tournament for teenagers.
• Gazprom Transgaz Saint Petersburg provided financial support to the Russian Society of Saving on Water (VOSVOD), interregional public organization of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, to implement a water safety, environmental protection, and healthy lifestyle awareness program for children and youth. As part of this program, 43 classes were held in educational facilities for children, and 85 events were staged to teach children swimming and rescue techniques in public waterside recreation areas. As a result, over 5 thousand children and teenagers mastered swimming and learned water rescue techniques. These activities helped expand the water safety, environmental protection, and healthy lifestyle awareness capacities of VOSVOD for children and youth, while also enhancing the water rescue system in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.
• In the Stavropol Territory, the Gazprom Group is actively promoting martial arts, in particular, Shotokan, one of the Japanese karate styles. Gazprom Transgaz Stavropol supports participation of the Shotokan Transgaz Stavropol sports club in competitions of various levels, including the Russian Championship and Cup.

The Gazprom Group provides assistance to socially vulnerable population groups, including low-income citizens and people with special needs. Particular emphasis is placed on targeted support for children with cerebral palsy.

The Gazprom Group entities help forcibly displaced adults to settle in a new location, while also supporting underage refugees by giving them an opportunity to grow harmoniously alongside their peers from peaceful regions.

With the support from Gazprom Transgaz Moscow, 50 children from the Lugansk People's Republic spent their May holidays in Moscow. They enjoyed an extensive cultural program, visiting iconic places in Moscow and the Moscow Region and attending a concert by the Symphonic Orchestra of the Russian Ministry of Defense headed by Sergey Durygin, an honored artist of Russia.

The Gazprom Group is making substantial efforts to conserve the unique historical and cultural heritage of St. Petersburg. The idea is to revitalize the traditions of Russian art patronage while shaping a modern comfortable cityscape. The Gazprom Group is committed to preserving St. Petersburg’s treasures for future Russian generations. There is a concerted drive to transform the city into a contemporary, livable metropolis that stays true to the vision of its founder, Peter the Great, the first Russian Emperor.

PJSC Gazprom and the Government of St. Petersburg have a cooperation agreement in place, which has led to further collaborative arrangements.

A roadmap of cooperation between the St. Petersburg Government and PJSC Gazprom on social and economic development was drafted and approved in June 2022. This includes the initiation of 64 major projects across ten different fields to be implemented in St. Petersburg with the active involvement of PJSC Gazprom in the medium to long term. In 2022–2023, alongside the above projects, PJSC Gazprom launched another twelve socially impactful initiatives.

PJSC Gazprom's focus spans the full gamut of community life, from educational and medical domains to the conservation of historical and cultural sites and the erection of new national landmarks. Additionally, PJSC Gazprom is a patron and organizer of festivals that bring together dozens of thousands of people from across the nation.

PJSC Gazprom has been running a major program designed to improve St. Petersburg cityscape since 2007, focusing on preserving its historical and cultural heritage, while also fostering a contemporary and comfortable urban environment. The program spans multiple districts, targeting the Tsentralny, Admiralteysky, Petrogradsky, Vasileostrovsky, and Moskovsky districts.

Implemented jointly with the Government of St. Petersburg, this project is a facet of a broader social and economic development initiative.

Key projects since the program's inception include upgrading the illumination of architectural highlights, optimizing the city’s street lighting with an eye on economic and energy efficiency, replacing obsolete fixtures with modern ones that resonate with St. Peterburg’s aesthetics, and transitioning to energy-saving LED technology. Upgrades utilizing durable and safe-to-use granite include refreshing sidewalks, curbs, constructing ramps and dished water channels, along with adding decorative lawn fences and benches. The cityscape has been greened with trees and shrubs, complemented by lawn restorations.

• The northern bank of Lakhta Harbor has seen improvements, as has the southern embankment by the Lakhta Center. Refurbishments were also completed in some parts of Kronverksky Avenue, Moyka River Embankment, English Embankment, and Obukhovskoy Oborony Avenue.
• New lighting fixtures now illuminate Malaya Morskaya, Vosstaniya, Pestelya, Klenovaya, Dumskaya streets; Suvorovsky, Moskovsky, and Ligovsky avenues; Manezhnaya, Preobrazhenskaya, and Palace squares; Petrovskaya, Petrogradskaya, Kutuzova, Voskresenskaya, Admiralteyskaya, Palace, and English embankments, and other locations.
• Illumination enhancements for architectural ensembles and street lighting were completed for Dekabristov and Bolshaya Morskaya streets, Zagorodny Avenue, Voskresenskaya Embankment, Betancourt Bridge, Alexander Garden, Nakhimovsky Park, the boulevard along Petrovskaya Embankment, Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater building, Cabin of Peter the Great, Apartment Building of R.G. Vege, Church of the Epiphany on Gutuevsky Island, and more.
• Artistic lighting has been installed on the cable-stayed bridge over the Petrovsky Fairway.
• A concept for Eco-Gallery, a versatile public center designed to emulate a tropical forest near the Lakhta Center, received approval.

• Thanks to the support of the Gazprom Group, the State Hermitage Museum's Peter the Great Gallery unveiled three additional exhibition spaces. The Gallery’s collection now features artworks and decorative items from the eras of Anna of Russia and Elizabeth of Russia. The public has access to displays showcasing the epoch of groundbreaking reforms introduced by Peter the Great and his female successors who made invaluable contributions to the emergence of modern Russia and the flourishing of Russian science and art.
• On February 28, 2023, a memorial plaque was installed with support from PJSC Gazprom on the historical front of the Winter Palace of Peter the Great within the State Hermitage’s complex, marking the location where the emperor spent his final years.
• An ongoing exhibition, celebrating the creations of esteemed porcelain artist Inna Olevskaya, an Honored Artist of Russia and Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Arts, was inaugurated in the State Hermitage’s General Staff Building, backed by PJSC Gazprom.
• The State Russian Museum, with support from PJSC Gazprom, conducted comprehensive restoration of Konstantin Makovsky's Fête during Shrovetide on Admiralty Square in St Petersburg and its antique frame.
• In September 2023, the State Russian Museum enrolled the support of PJSC Gazprom to launch an extensive restoration project for artworks from the branch of the Taganrog Museum of Art, which sustained damage during a rocket explosion. In total, there are 22 damaged art pieces, including paintings by Victor Borisov-Musatov, Valentin Serov, Konstantin Korovin, Zinaida Serebriakova, and other artists.

• PJSC Gazprom successfully completed the construction of a new fitness and recreation center in the Nevsky District, featuring an Olympic-size 50-meter swimming pool. This sizeable facility is part of the Gazprom for Children program and can accommodate approximately 850 individuals per day.
• A new gas filling station commenced operations on Vaneyeva Street in the Nevsky District, bringing the total number of stations to 14.
• Work is ongoing to renovate the Chernyshevskaya metro station.

The Gazprom Group has been championing St. Petersburg's Art Fair 1703 since 2022, the region's pre-eminent initiative fostering contemporary art.

In June 2023, PJSC Gazprom unveiled the fair's second season, orchestrating a significant cultural venture that propels contemporary art appreciation, cultivates collectorship, and promotes artistic community. The fair grants a broad audience access to current artistic practices, interactive thematic discussions, lectures, and meetings with experts, gallery owners, artists, and art curators.

Kicked off in 2022, the project now features in St. Petersburg International Economic Forum’s cultural festival, St. Petersburg Seasons. Over the two years, the fair has burgeoned into a year-round cycle of activities and evolved into an open, cost-free educational program of contemporary art.

PJSC Gazprom sponsors the project, backed by the St. Petersburg Committee for Culture and the Manege Central Exhibition Hall.

In 2023, for the first time, an international art gallery, Ambidexter from Istanbul, Turkey, joined the fair, alongside Russian galleries from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, and Kaluga.

Since 2020, PJSC Gazprom has been spearheading Friends of St. Petersburg, a multifaceted social project. This initiative builds upon the Company’s extensive patronage activities within St. Petersburg.

Its mission is to contribute to maintaining St. Petersburg’s cultural heritage and historical identity, fostering values among residents, particularly the youth.

PJSC Gazprom’s project nurtures a distinct creative environment within the city, and endorses vocations in art restoration, urban planning, and museum professions. It perpetuates the legacy of Leningrad's celebrated art restoration practices. The initiative supports the development of skills among students and young professionals and engages the wider community in volunteer activities that safeguard and evolve the city's historical and cultural identity.

The project concept has been ratified by PJSC Gazprom’s management and enjoys the backing of the Committee for State Control, Use and Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments.

In 2023, the Gazprom Group further advanced its volunteering commitment by adopting the Corporate Volunteering Policy of the Gazprom GroupApproved by order of PJSC Gazprom No. 292 dated August 10, 2023. This policy emphasizes instilling a culture of volunteerism amongst employees to address significant social needs and to bolster the image of Gazprom Group entities as socially responsible employers.

• Unremunerated (participation in volunteering takes place outside working hours and is not paid for)
• Voluntary (coercion into volunteering is not allowed, volunteers independently select the categories of beneficiaries)
• Unbiased and impartial (participation in volunteering should not influence the employee’s performance assessment)

In 2023, a survey among active volunteers within Gazprom Group entities was conducted to identify their needs and insights. Volunteers from 64 subsidiaries and entities took part in this survey, providing valuable data to steer the corporate volunteering program's advancement looking forward.

Gazprom Group volunteers engaged in the clean-up of water bodies, park zones, and urban spaces, and also delivered environmental education lessons at schools.

Assisting those in need is a very popular volunteering activity within the Gazprom Group.

Thousands of Gazprom Group volunteers engaged in patriotic events throughout 2023.

Key formats:

• assisting at humanitarian centers of the People's Front and temporary shelters for refugees;
• providing care for the injured;
• producing essential goods.

Gazprom Group volunteers actively contribute to the restoration of historical buildings in their cities and towns and read books to visually impaired children, thus fostering the nation's cultural
legacy.